Brampton Ash

St. Mary the Virgin is the local Church of England parish church for Brampton Ash, Northamptonshire. Sitting in the Diocese of Peterborough, the ironstone church boasts fine carvings of lions. It is well lit at night, and can be seen across the Welland Valley for miles around. The church is largely 13th and 14th century with some restoration in the 19th century.

Dingley is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, located along the A427, about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the nearest town, Market Harborough. It is also close to the A6 and near the border with Leicestershire. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 209 people, reducing to 194 at the 2011 census.The villages name origin is uncertain. 'Dynni's wood/clearing' or perhaps, 'hollow wood/clearing'.

Ashley is a village and civil parish in the North Northamptonshire, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Market Harborough, Leicestershire and 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Corby. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 224. The village is near the River Welland, which forms the border with Leicestershire. The Roman road called Via Devana in the part from Ratae (now Leicester) to Duroliponte (now Cambridge) ran just north of the village. The village's name means 'ash-tree wood/clearing'.

Stoke and Bowd Lane Woods is a 36.4-hectare (90-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Corby in Northamptonshire. The eastern half of Stoke Wood is managed by the Woodland Trust, a triangular area of 0.7 hectares which stretches south from the middle is the Stoke Wood End Quarter, a nature reserve managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire, and the remaining western part of the wood is private property. Bowd Lane Wood is private property.These ancient semi-natural woods were formerly part of the medieval Royal Forest of Rockingham. The main tree species is pedunculate oak, with other species such as ash and birch. Ground flora include herb paris, wood sorrel, yellow archangel, early-purple orchid and greater butterfly-orchid.There is public access to the parts of Stoke Wood managed by the Woodland Trust and the Wildlife Trust by a track from the B669, Desborough Road.

Stoke Albany is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. It is off the A427 road between Market Harborough and Corby, about halfway between the two. At the 2011 Census, the population of the parish (including Brampton Ash and Little Bowden) was 390, an increase from 330 at the 2001 Census.The village's name means 'outlying homestead/settlement'. The village was held by William de Albinni in 1155. The western piece of Corby hundred shaped a different hundred named 'Stoke'.St Botolph's Church is a Grade II* listed building.

Oxendon was a rural district in Northamptonshire, England from 1894 to 1935. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of the Market Harborough rural sanitary district which was in Northamptonshire (the rest going on to form Market Harborough Rural District in Leicestershire). It was named after Great Oxendon. The rural district contained 19 civil parishes: Arthingworth Ashley Brampton Ash Braybrooke Clipston Dingley East Farndon Great Oxendon Hothorpe Kelmarsh Marston Trussell Sibbertoft Stoke Albany Sulby Sutton Bassett Thorpe Lubenham Welford Weston by Welland WilbarstonThe district was abolished in 1935 under a County Review Order. It was split between Brixworth Rural District and Kettering Rural District.

All Saints is the local parish Church of England church for Sutton Bassett, Northamptonshire. It was built as an annexe to St. Mary's Church in the nearby village of Weston by Welland. Originally it fell within the boundaries of the Diocese of Lincoln, and transferred to the Diocese of Peterborough in 1539. The church dates from the 12th century, but some opinions date it slightly earlier to the late 11th century. Unlike most parish churches, All Saints does not have a graveyard. It is a Grade II listed building.

Sutton Bassett is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, in the Welland valley. It was formerly in the Corby Hundred but has been part of the Stoke Hundred (named after Stoke Albany village). The village's name means 'Southern farm/settlement'. The village was held by Richard Basset in the 12th century.Sutton Bassett's church, The Church of All Saints (which partly dates back to the Norman period) was built as an annexe to St. Mary's Church in the nearby village of Weston by Welland. Unlike the majority of typical English countryside village churches, it has no graveyard. The local pub was the Queen's Head Inn, which closed in January 2015. Sutton Bassett is currently administered by North Northamptonshire council but was administered as part of the Borough of Kettering until changes in 2021, and is roughly 14 miles north-west of Kettering, 12 miles west of Corby, 7 miles north-east of Desborough and roughly 4 miles from Market Harborough.

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a church in Ashley, Northamptonshire.

Desborough Town Football Club is a football club based in Desborough, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Premier Division South and play at Waterworks Field.

Ashley and Weston railway station was a station in Northamptonshire, serving the settlements of Ashley and Weston. It was located just east of Welham Junction.

Weston by Welland is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Northamptonshire administered as part of North Northamptonshire. As its name suggests, it is near to the River Welland that, thereabouts, forms the boundary with the county of Leicestershire. The Wheel & Compass pub stands on the village's outskirts. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 141 people, including Sutton Bassett and increasing to 246 at the 2011 Census.The village's name means 'Western farm/settlement by the River Welland'.